Clayton Mendez Tells All Of His Emotional Running Journey

His legacy as a Chicago Public League runner is still being written because he is only a junior at Whitney Young High School. Clayton Mendez has been on a mountain high in 2017 since running a US #2 9:01.89 at the Proviso West Indoor Invitational. Saturday evening at the Distance Night In Palatine Mendez became the Illinois runner to break 9:00 this season indoors. He did so the hard way by running solo over the second half of the race. On the other side of the ledger, Mendez has had his share of demise like a 3rd place finish in the CPS cross country title race and a draining 79th finish to end a disappointing harrier season. However, it is this emotional interview that Mendez really lets out the facts of what was ticking in his head over the past school year.